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Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa

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Identification
Coccinia ecirrhosa Cogn. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa Cogn. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cephalopentandra obbiadensis
  • Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa
  • Coccinia ecirrhosa
  • Coccinia quercifolia

Flora

Entry for CEPHALOPENTANDRA ecirrhosa (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. Jeffrey & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CEPHALOPENTANDRA ecirrhosa (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey [family CUCURBITACEAE], (1962). Fig. 127.
Coccinia quercifolia Hutch. & Bruce [family CUCURBITACEAE], (1941);. type: N1, Ethiopian border at 45°09’E, 8°37’N, Gillett 4194 (K holo.).
Cephalopentandra obbiadensis Chiov. [family CUCURBITACEAE], (1929);. type: C1, “Obbia”, Stefanini & Puccioni 458 (FT holo.).
Coccinia obbiadensis (Chiov.) Cuf. [family CUCURBITACEAE], (1965);. type: C1, “Obbia”, Stefanini & Puccioni 458 (FT holo.).
Information
Trailing or scandent herb to 1 m; rootstock subterranean or partly exposed and hemispherical, with pallid papery bark. Leaves mostly subsessile, amplexicaul; blade elliptic to ovate-triangular in outline, emarginate-cordate, glabrous, glaucous, 3–9 x 4–7(–12) cm, shallowly to deeply broadly to finely pinnately or palmate-pinnately (3–)5–7-lobed; petioles 2–15 mm long, rarely longer in lowermost leaves. Male flowers solitary or paired. Pedicels 1.7–2.5 cm long. Hypanthium 7–10 mm long. Sepals triangular-lanceolate, 2–3 mm long. Petals pale or greenish yellow, 12–28 mm long, united in lower quarter. Female flowers solitary. Pedicel 0.5–2 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 10–19 mm long. Hypanthium cylindrical, 5–7 mm long. Perianth like that of male flowers. Fruit ellipsoid, green with paler stripes or markings, red when ripe, glabrescent, c. 8 x 4 cm. Pedicel 0.7–2.5 cm long. Seeds about 6 x 5 x 2 mm, black, rough with small warts.
Range
N1; C1, 2; S1
Altitude range
150–800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett, Hemming & Watson 21961; Hemming 3251; Gillett & Hemming 24364.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
N Kenya
NE Uganda
Notes
Honguari (Som.).

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